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High-flying electrical work

May 14, 2013 in Alexandria Echo Press

Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird, it’s a plane (actually a helicopter), it’sCapX2020 man.
Motorists traveling on Interstate 94 west of Alexandria saw the unusual sight of a worker suspended from a tethered line connected to a helicopter last week. Continue Reading

No injuries as Guard helicopter strikes hangar in Winner

December 17, 2012 in The Daily Republic

The UH-60 Black Hawk’s main rotor system struck an airport hangar while taxiing about 4:20 p.m. Sunday.
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‘Capture monkeys’ in action: Pilot to fly elk capture excursion in TRNP today

September 11, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

Owner and pilot of Leading Edge Aviation, Jim Pope, 50, said from a landing and fuel stop in Deer Lodge, Mont., on his way to Theodore Roosevelt National Park on Tuesday morning that he has been a helicopter pilot leading a crew capturing wild animals much of his life. Continue Reading

View from above

September 4, 2012 in Worthington Daily Globe

A morning helicopter ride captured Prairie Elementary students at play on the playground Tuesday in Worthington. Continue Reading

Injured hiker rescued in Badlands National Park

June 8, 2012 in The Daily Republic

INTERIOR (AP) Officials used a helicopter to rescue a Pennsylvania man who became injured while hiking in Badlands National Park in southwestern South Dakota. Continue Reading

Aberdeen hospital getting new medical helicopter after emergency landing

April 18, 2012 in The Daily Republic

ABERDEEN (AP) An Aberdeen hospital plans to put a new medical helicopter into use about a week after the Avera St. Luke’s Careflight chopper was forced to make an emergency landing on a gravel road after experiencing engine trouble. Continue Reading

Authorities: Copter spun before fatal Wyo. crash

February 25, 2012 in West Central Tribune

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) A rescue helicopter turned slightly to the left before it went into a rapid spin and crashed in northwest Wyoming, killing a search and rescue volunteer who was onboard, investigators said. Continue Reading

Soldiers die in crash: Among those in helicopter accident, Capt. Anne Rockeman Montgomery, had ties in western ND

December 14, 2011 in The Dickinson Press

Capt. Anne Rockeman Montgomery, a former McKenzie County resident, died Monday doing what she loved flying, her family said Wednesday.
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Former western North Dakota resident among those killed in chopper crash at Wahington Army base

December 14, 2011 in The Dickinson Press

A former western North Dakota resident was among four soldiers killed when helicopters crashed Monday night at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington, family friend Nikki McAlpin, Grassy Butte, said this morning. A family email also confirmed the tragedy.
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Minnesota National Guard helicoper unit to deploy

November 27, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald

The drawdown of U.S. troops in Iraq means a new deployment for a Minnesota National Guard unit. About three dozen members of an assault helicopter battalion are shipping out as part of Operation New Dawn. Continue Reading